White copper

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Boatswain whistle
MFA# 17.1830

Description

An unstandardized name used for any white copper alloy. See Nickel silver, and Tombac.

Synonyms and Related Terms

German silver; nickel silver; tombac

Resources and Citations

  • G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 870
  • Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996

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